NASA posted a YouTube video on Tuesday that proved even astronauts get a little homesick around the holidays. In the four-minute clip, three crew members aboard the International Space Station – Peggy Whitson, Shane Kimbrough (NASA) and Thomas Pesquet (European Space Agency) – shared some of their favorite holiday memories and how they’ll be celebrating Christmas 220 miles above the earth.

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“For me, it’s all about family, we always travel to meet up with our family because we’re dispersed all over the country,” Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough said. “The season is typically thought of as getting things around Christmas, but we as a family try to think of the giving aspect. Giving of our many talents, our resources and time to others less fortunate.”

Peggy Whitson said her experience aboard the artificial satellite has changed her perspective. She joined the crew on Nov. 19.

“I think being onboard the ISS gives us a slightly different perspective of Christmas…and that’s seeing the planet as a whole. That reinforces, I think, that we should live as one people and strive for peace," she said.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet said he’ll miss his large family the most this Christmas.

“I was born in a very big family, I had 25 cousins and for most of them, the only time to catch up was around Christmas,” he explained. “This year, I won’t be able to be there, of course, but I’ll think of them, I’ll try to give them a call, catch up as much as I can, and make the most of this opportunity to look at the earth and reflect on what Christmas means to us as individuals.”

“We’re going to eat very well at Christmas. We’re obviously going to miss our family members and wish we could be with them, but we’ll have a great time up here…and we’re going to reflect on what this whole season means to us and our families,” Kimbrough said.